Issue | #1060 |
Published | November 1959 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, No. 1060". Code number is J.TO C. OF E. O.S. #1060-5911". Copyright 1959 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth" based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. |
Characters | James Mason (as Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook, photo); Pat Boone (as Alec McEwen, photo); Arlene Dahl (as Mrs. Carla Goetaborg, photo); Peter Ronson (as Hans Belker, photo) |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Colors | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Indicia title is "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, No. 1060". Code number is J.TO C. OF E. O.S. #1060-5911". Copyright 1959 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Adapted from the 1959 movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth" based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. |
Characters | James Mason (as Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook, photo); Pat Boone (as Alec McEwen, photo); Arlene Dahl (as Mrs. Carla Goetaborg, photo); Peter Ronson (as Hans Belker, photo) |
Synopsis | Preview of the story. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie and partial list of cast and credits. |
Characters | Prof. Oliver Lindenbrook; Alec McEwen; Mrs. Carla Goetaborg; Hans Belker; Count Saknussemm (villain); Gertrude the duck |
Synopsis | After finding a mysterious message inscribed on a plumb bob found inside a piece of lava, Prof. Lindenbrook and his student Alec McEwen mount an expedition to descend into the Snaeffel-Jokull, an extinct volcano in Iceland. They are joined by Hans, a native guide, and Mrs. Goetaborg, the widow of Lindenbrook's rival. In addition to the natural menaces of the trip into the Earth's interior, they must also contend with another explorer, Count Saknussemm, who is determined to be the only one to return. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Robert Schaefer |
Pencils | John Ushler |
Inks | John Ushler |
Notes | Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Adapted from the 1959 movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth", based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. Script credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Pat Boone (as Alec McEwen, photo) |
Synopsis | Facts about shooting the film in the Carlsbad Caverns of New Mexico. |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | ? (photos) |
Inks | ? (photos) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Two photos with typeset text. |
Characters | Pat Boone |
Synopsis | Pat Boone in casual pose with facsimile signature. |
Pencils | ? (photo) |
Inks | ? (photo) |
Notes | Back cover. Black and white photo with background cropped out and replaced by color triangles in abstract design. |